Dies to Removal

Here's Michael Jacob's take on Boros Burn. He's made some... interesting choices. I'm not sure I agree with Boros Reckoner and Stormbreath Dragon gets stranded in his hand almost constantly.

I have been considering Silence, is it too situational?

Hm this is the wrong thread for Rakdos, stop confusing me Xanatos....

While the original PyroRed could transition from aggro to control if the game goes long, do you feel like PyroRakdos doesn't have the same fluid flexibility with the loss of Chandra, Pyromaster?

I'd be interested to hear about the Naya Aggro match as I'm not particularly sure how the deck's cards can match up to their quality creatures.

Curious about the thoughts on these cards: Varolz, the Scar-Striped - Keeps your curve low. Let's you utilize all the creatures in your graveyard. Lotleth Troll - Gives you another way to fuel your graveyard. Pack Rat - Same as above with less restriction on what you pitch. Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord ...

I believe that list is similar to Tomoharu Saito's list that Alexander Hayne won GP Vancouver with, with some obvious updates. I'm not entirely sure I like the 3 [card]Elspeth, Sun's Champion[/card] since drawing multiples seems bad in the early game. As for Elixir UW Control, I've never had any iss...

After discussing the weird format that is Standard Pauper with friends we determined that the most popular options are going to be either Aggro (most likely White Weenie-Boros) and B/x. Particularly the latter, simply due to Black having a great removal against Little Aggro in Shrivel and spot remov...

Thanks! What are your thoughts about the rest of the deck? I am concerned that the deck wants to tap out for creatures too often early on which makes the counters weaker. .

Conley Woods was crushing MTGO this week with the following list: [deck] Creatures: 3 Rakdos Cackler 4 Tormented Hero 2 Pack Rat 3 Pain Seer 4 Spiteful Returned 4 Herald of Torment 3 Agent of the Fates 3 Mogis's Marauder 2 Gray Merchant of Asphodel Lands: 19 Swamp 4 Mutavault Spells: 2 Hero's Downfa...

How's it play against the major players in Standard? You've piqued my interest!

Well considering you mention Satyr Firedancer to protect her, and you dont run her, thats one point of consideration. The other being she is rather slow in testing, but amazing in theorycrafting The list is a bit outdated as it doesn't include any BTG cards but you're probably right in the speed sh...

Another option is to shift the deck towards a more controlling shell. Mike Flores mentions it on a Top 8 Podcast from December (found and partially discussed here ), so it's prior to Born to the Gods but it shouldn't be too hard to update. [deck] Creatures (8) 4 Chandra’s Phoenix 4 Stormbreath Drago...

Deathcult Rogue got me thinking about a Rogue tribal deck which lead to the discovery that Scroll Thief and Stealer of Secrets are both common and Standard legal. That is an absolutely silly amount of value. So... [deck] Creatures: 19 4 Frostburn Weird 4 Deathcult Rogue 4 Scroll Thief 4 Stealer of ...

Every so often my LGS will run a Standard Pauper tournament after a new set release. I think it's a great way for novice deck builders to get a chance of putting something together without necessarily having to beat the best (and usually, priciest) decks out there. So, here's the deck I've put toget...

Hello everyone, I'm a relatively new player to MtG, playing draft at my LGS on and off for the past year but been looking to make the jump into standard.

Between Zem's article on Boros Burn and chatting with some people on Twitch, I eventually came here.